The food habits of four small‐sized species of Mormyridae from the floodplain pools of the Sokoto‐Rima river basin, Nigeria

Abstract

The diet of four species of the family Mormyridae, commonly found in the floodplain pools of the Sokoto‐Rima river basin, Nigeria, is described. All four species are small‐sized and show a degree of food overlap. Evidence is presented, however, that resource partitioning occurs enabling co‐existence of the species in a habitat where food resources become increasingly limited after the cessation of the rains.